A ‘Modern Agricultural Marketing Centre’ will be set up on an investment of ₹1 crore at Kolathur in Chennai to make farm fresh vegetables available to the people, Agriculture Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam announced in the Assembly on Saturday.
Farm products
“The centre will house shops for farm produce, products of Farmer Producer Organisations, organic products and a solar-powered cold storage facility,” the Minister said while presenting the agriculture budget in the House.
Compost would be produced through solid waste management with the vegetable waste received daily at the centre.
“Through this centre, products will be sold to the consumers at fair prices, which will pave the way for the consumers and farmers to mutually get benefited,” he said.
